Social mobility and higher education in Britain, some further thoughts"And what about higher education? If we can’t (honestly) sell it to the students or the taxpayers on the basis of the labour-market advantages it will bring to them and their families, what can we do? Essentially, we have to persuade people that being better educated is more of a good in itself even if not an effective means to an end. We may have some trouble with that."(tags: ukpolitics )